MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dhananjay mean?
Dhanañjaya combines dhana, wealth, with a conquest element from ji. It is an established epithet of Arjuna in the Mahabharata. Arjuna is the Pandava archer instructed by Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita.
Pronunciation
IAST: dhanañjaya
Meaning themes
mahabharata
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
धनंजय
Letter-by-letter: dhanañjaya
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dhananjay in Indian usage
72,348 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 650 records (0.9%).
- Recorded as male: 71,698 records (99.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 156 |
| 1940s | 552 |
| 1950s | 1,551 |
| 1960s | 5,374 |
| 1970s | 17,725 |
| 1980s | 26,744 |
| 1990s | 20,077 |
| Other decades | 169 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 38,346 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 18,041 |
| Jharkhand | 9,945 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,890 |
| Delhi | 1,523 |
| Odisha | 636 |
| Maharashtra | 409 |
| Goa | 320 |
| Uttarakhand | 318 |
| Haryana | 300 |
| Rajasthan | 250 |
| Other states | 370 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001